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Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech

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"Folks see in him what they want to see in a leader of the free world," Christale Spain, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, told USA TODAY.
The Boston Globe |
In a historic speech that literally lasted more than a day — 25 hours and four minutes, to be exact — the New Jersey senator lambasted President Trump’s damaging, cruel, chaotic, and Constitution-defy...
USA Today |
Booker's speech, which he framed as a response to calls for action from his constituents, focused on criticizing the Trump administration's policies.

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